Thomas phillips



(No Model.)

T. PHILLIPS.

TUBULAR LANTERN.

Patented Jan. 6, 1885.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS PHILLIPS, OF ORILLIA, ONTARIO, CANADA.

TUBULAR LANTERN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 310,221, dated January 6, 1885.

Application filed December 21, 1883. (No model.) Patented in Canada November 17, 1883,1\"o. 18,107.

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Beit known that I, THOMAS PHILLIPS, of Orillia, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tubular Lanterns 5 and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My improvements consist, mainly,in hinging the tube from the projecting arm of a bracket, which enables the entire upper portion of the lantern to swing back, so as to allow free access to the burner for the purpose of trimming and lighting; also, in the construc tion of the guard, one-half of which is hinged and swings back to allow of the free removal of the globe.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved lantern, the top being partly in section. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, the dotted lines showing the upper portion swung back.

A is the base or oil-cistern of the lantern, to which the burner B is attached in the usual manner. The base has the usual opening for lling the cistern,provided with ascrewcap,a.

C C are the two tubes, carrying the whole of the upper part of the lantern, and O C are the two short trunks of the tube, attached to the lower part of the burner-case. The tube C and trunk C are jointed together by two plates, C2 and C3, forming a face-joint having a free passage. These plates are rrigidly secured to the tube and trunk, respectively, and form upwardly and rearwardly projecting arms or backets hinged together by a pin, C4, at their upper or projecting end, the plate or bracket CQ having its lower forward edge, c2, cropped over the edge of the plate C2 at a right angle,to form a stop when brought face to face and the upper portion of the lantern in its upright or normal position.

lantern, and projecting at the top, where a ring or other suitable handle is' attached, a spiral spring, F, being inserted between the upper plate of the hood and the laterallyprojecting arms of the hoop f,for the purpose of keeping the hoop in position.

G G are the guards, the rear one, G', of which is permanently secured, while the front one, G, is hinged at g to the tube, and provided at the other end with a pin, g', engaging in a tubular eye, g, secured to the other tube.

The guard, being of wire, is sufficiently flexible to allow of the pin g' beinglifted at one side by means of the handle g3 out oi' the tubular eye, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. l, and may be swung back to remove the globe.

I claim as my invention 1. The plates Gl C3, xed, respectively, to trunk C and tube C, said plates having apertures coinciding with the tube and trunk,and pivoted together to swing the globe E upwardly, as setforth.

2. The hinged guard G, in combination with the tubes O C and fixed guard G', as set forth.

Signed at Orillia this 11th day of December, 1883.

THOMAS PHILLIPS.

In presence of- Grms. CoEEoULD, H. GREENLAND.

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